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Venezuela Speaks!: Voices From The Grassroots

For the last decade, Venezuela’s “Bolivarian
Revolution” has captured international attention. Poverty, inequality
and unemployment have all dropped, while health, education and living
standards have seen a commensurate rise. The international mainstream
media has focused predominantly on Venezuela’s controversial leader,
President Hugo Chavez, who has routinely been in the headlines. But
without the active participation of large and diverse sectors of
society, Chavez’s moment on the scene would have ended long ago.

Venezuela Speaks!: Voices from the Grassroots is a collection of interviews with activists and participants from across Venezuela’s
social movements. From community media to land reform; cooperatives to
communal councils, from the labor movement to the Afro-Venezuelan
network, Venezuela Speaks! sheds light on the complex
realities within the Bolivarian Revolution. These interviews offer a
compelling oral history of Venezuela's democratic revolution, from the
bottom up.